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With all the changes going on in my life lately, I haven't had much time to reflect on a bittersweet milestone. My short film Lay in Wait, a delicious albatross that I've been wearing around my neck for the last four years, will be completing its festival run this weekend at theSouth Dakota Film Festival.

Y'all know how much this movie has meant to me. It's seen the start (and end) of at least three romantic relationships. It's seen my change of residence from LA to SC to NE to SC to ATL to MI and back to ATL. It's given me, as a precious little gift, a bundle of every conceivable emotion, from euphoria to bone-grating frustration to depression to well-earned peace.

It's easily the most ambitious, and most difficult thing I've ever had to make. And like a lot of projects that we do, I'm a different person now than when I began to make it. I hope a wiser and more considerate artist, one who's ready to move on.

So thank you all. I've said this from the very beginning, but I couldn't have made this project without your help. I'm only as good as you allow me to be.

I'm pleased to announce that "Lay in Wait" has been awarded Best Drama Short at the 2016 Atlanta Underground Film Festival. Many thanks to the curators for this great honor, and to Atlanta for the warm welcome.

2015 was a great festival year for “Lay In Wait”. After appearing at the Laguna Film Festival, we were pleased to additionally screen at the East Lansing Film Festival, Ft. Lauderdale Int. Film Festival, Reading FilmFEST, and Blow-Up Chicago.

And now, we have two new festivals for 2016: the North Wales International Film Festival, and marking our NYC premiere, the Queens World Film Festival!

So, NYC friends, here’s your chance to see “Lay in Wait” on the big screen:

I’m pleased to announce that I have been selected as the Spring 2016 Filmmaker-In-Residence at the Interlochen Academy for the Arts, one of the oldest and most prestigious year-round arts academies in the country.

I will be spending the first five months of next year teaching artistically-minded students the philosophy of cinematography while planning for my first feature. Many thanks to the folks at the Department for Motion Picture Arts for this great honor and opportunity.

As promised, we have the full Q&A from the SAG Foundation Screening last week. I hope you enjoy a full thirty minutes of cinematic wisdom, literally in profile. Also, here’s a pro tip for when you appear on camera - don’t wear white.

In addition, here’s the press from the Emerson Los Angeles Film Festival on Saturday:

For those in Southern California that are kicking themselves for missing these screenings, we’re going to have one more this weekend. On Saturday, October 17th, at 6pm, the Laguna Film Festival will be showing Lay in Wait as part of their inaugural festival. We’re honored to take part!

Lay in Wait had a fantastic weekend in Los Angeles. Last Friday, we screened at the Screen Actors Guild Foundation, where a packed audience of SAG performers watched the film and heard in a focused Q&A how we brought the project to life.

Then, on Saturday, we screened in competition at the 15th Annual Emerson Los Angeles Film Festival as a part of the Alumni “Best of Fest” designation. The festival honors both current students and distinguished alumni in their efforts to bring their projects to the world. And I’m pleased to say that we won!

We will bring you photos and video of the live event as soon as we have them.

We had a wonderful experience at the Full Bloom Film Festival last weekend, where Lay in Wait won Best Narrative Short. Thank you to the festival organizers, the Statesville City Council, and our fellow filmmakers for this great honor.

In addition, Lay in Wait will be returning to Los Angeles in two back-to-back screenings in early October!

The first will be a SAG Foundation Screening, taking place Friday October 9th, at 1pm. It will be free to all. Click the link to RSVP.

The second will be the Emerson College Los Angeles Film Festival, where Lay in Wait has been selected as a “Best of Fest” film in competition among other alumni films on the festival circuit. The festival will take place all day on Saturday, October 10th. Click the link to register.

I’ll be attending both events, so I hope to see all of our LA based supporters while I’m in town. We’re so proud of the progress we’ve made on the festival circuit this year.

We’re so pleased to announce that Lay in Wait has received a Special Jury Prize for Best Cinematography at the 24th Annual Arizona International Film Festival. Congratulations to our cinematographer Alexander D. Paul!

Stay tuned for the schedule announcement for the Little Rock Film Festival. We hope to see you there!

Our team is pleased to finally announce that Lay In Wait has been accepted to the 24th Annual Arizona International Film Festival, the oldest and longest-running independent film festival in Arizona! The festival will run April 9th - 26th in Tucson.

We’re very proud to be part of one of the most prestigious film festivals in the Southwest. For everyone who lives in the area, we’ll be sure to let you know our screening date and time just as soon as it’s posted.

I’m pleased to announce that I have been awarded a new residency at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska City! The residency will compromise the month of March. Stay tuned for what I have planned during that time.

My short film “Clearance” has been accepted to the 5th Annual No Budget Film Festival in Los Angeles, CA. As it might sound, the No Budget Film Festival prides itself on its programmed films having been made for nothing. All resources must be begged, borrowed or stolen.

I’m tremendously proud to announce that, for the first half of 2014, I will be joining three other artists as part of Hub-Bub’s Artist-in-Residency program in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Finally, the space to think critically about my work, unencumbered by the daily grind of a basic income! All of my southern friends are encouraged to meet me for interdisciplinary artistic shenanigans.